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What does proud mean?

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Adjective
  1. Gratified; feeling honoured (by something); feeling satisfied or happy about a fact or event.
  2. Possessed of a due sense of what one is worth or deserves.
  3. (chiefly biblical) Having too high an opinion of oneself; arrogant, supercilious.
  4. Generating a sense of pride; being a cause for pride.
  5. (obsolete) Brave, valiant; gallant.
  6. Standing out or raised; swollen.
  7. Happy, usually used with a sense of honour, as in "I'm so proud to have you in our town." But occasionally just plain happy as in "I'm proud to see gas prices down." This is a widespread colloquial usage in the southern United States.
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